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RESENTMENT	A
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Females there are of unsuspicious mind	B
Easy and soft and credulous and kind	B
Who when offended for the twentieth time	C
Will hear the offender and forgive the crime	C
And there are others whom like these to cheat	D
Asks but the humblest efforts of deceit	D
But they once injured feel a strong disdain	E
And seldom pardoning never trust again	F
Urged by religion they forgive but yet	G
Guard the warm heart and never more forget	G
Those are like wax apply them to the fire	H
Melting they take th' impressions you desire	H
Easy to mould and fashion as you please	I
And again moulded with an equal ease	I
Like smelted iron these the forms retain	E
But once impress'd will never melt again	F
A busy port a serious Merchant made	J
His chosen place to recommence his trade	J
And brought his Lady who their children dead	K
Their native seat of recent sorrow fled	K
The husband duly on the quay was seen	L
The wife at home became at length serene	L
There in short time the social couple grew	M
With all acquainted friendly with a few	M
When the good lady by disease assail'd	N
In vain resisted hope and science fail'd	N
Then spoke the female friends by pity led	K
'Poor merchant Paul what think ye will he wed	K
A quiet easy kind religious man	O
Thus can he rest I wonder if he can '	-
He too as grief subsided in his mind	B
Gave place to notions of congenial kind	B
Grave was the man as we have told before	P
His years were forty he might pass for more	P
Composed his features were his stature low	Q
His air important and his motion slow	Q
His dress became him it was neat and plain	E
The colour purple and without a stain	E
His words were few and special was his care	R
In simplest terms his purpose to declare	R
A man more civil sober and discreet	D
More grave and corteous you could seldom meet	D
Though frugal he yet sumptuous was his board	S
As if to prove how much he could afford	S
For though reserved himself he loved to see	T
His table plenteous and his neighbours free	T
Among these friends he sat in solemn style	U
And rarely soften'd to a sober smile	U
For this observant friends their reason gave	V
'Concerns so vast would make the idlest grave	V
And for such man to be of language free	T
Would seem incongruous as a singing tree	T
Trees have their music but the birds they shield	W
The pleasing tribute for protection yield	W
Each ample tree the tuneful choir defends	X
As this rich merchant cheers his happy friends '	-
In the same town it was his chance to meet	D
A gentle Lady with a mind discreet	D
Neither in life's decline nor bloom of youth	Y
One famed for maiden modesty and truth	Y
By nature cool in pious habits bred	K
She look'd on lovers with a virgin's dread	K
Deceivers rakes and libertines were they	Z
And harmless beauty their pursuit and prey	Z
As bad as giants in the ancient times	A2
Were modern lovers and the same their crimes	A2
Soon as she heard of her all conquering charms	B2
At once she fled to her defensive arms	B2
Conn'd o'er the tales her maiden aunt had told	C2
And statue like was motionless and cold	C2
From prayer of love like that Pygmalion pray'd	J
Ere the hard stone became the yielding maid	J
A different change in this chaste nymph ensued	D2
And turn'd to stone the breathing flesh and blood	E2
Whatever youth described his wounded heart	F2
'He came to rob her and she scorn'd his art	F2
And who of raptures once presumed to speak	G2
Told listening maids he thought them fond and weak	G2
But should a worthy man his hopes display	Z
In few plain words and beg a yes or nay	Z
He would deserve an answer just and plain	E
Since adulation only moved disdain	E
Sir if my friends object not come again '	-
Hence our grave Lover though he liked the	H2
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face	I2
Praised not a feature dwelt not on a grace	I2
But in the simplest terms declared his state	J2
'A widow'd man who wish'd a virtuous mate	J2
Who fear'd neglect and was compell'd to trust	K2
Dependants wasteful idle or unjust	K2
Or should they not the trusted stores destroy	L2
At best they could not help him to enjoy	L2
But with her person and her prudence bless'd	M2
His acts would prosper and his soul have rest	M2
Would she be his ' 'Why that was much to say	Z
She would consider he awhile might stay	Z
She liked his manners and believed his word	N2
He did not flatter flattery she abhorr'd	S
It was her happy lot in peace to dwell	O2
Would change make better what was now so well	O2
But she would ponder ' 'This ' he said 'was	Z
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kind '	-
And begg'd to know 'when she had fix'd her mind	B
Romantic maidens would have scorn'd the air	R
And the cool prudence of a mind so fair	R
But well it pleased this wiser maid to find	B
Her own mild virtues in her lover's mind	B
His worldly wealth she sought and quickly grew	M
Pleased with her search and happy in the view	M
Of vessels freighted with abundant stores	Z
Of rooms whose treasures press'd the groaning	P2
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floors	Z
And he of clerks and servants could display	Z
A little army on a public day	Z
Was this a man like needy bard to speak	G2
Of balmy lip bright eye or rosy cheek	G2
The sum appointed for her widow'd state	J2
Fix'd by her friend excited no debate	J2
Then the kind lady gave her hand and heart	F2
And never finding never dealt with art	F2
In his engagements she had no concern	Q2
He taught her not nor had she wish to learn	Q2
On him in all occasions she relied	R2
His word her surety and his worth her pride	R2
When ship was launch'd and merchant Paul had	S2
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share	R
A bounteous feast became the lady's care	R
Who then her entry to the dinner made	J
In costly raiment and with kind parade	J
Call'd by this duty on a certain day	Z
And robed to grace it in a rich array	Z
Forth from her room with measured step she came	T2
Proud of th' event and stately look'd the dame	T2
The husband met her at his study door	P
'This way my love one moment and no more	P
A trifling business you will understand	U2
The law requires that you affix your hand	U2
But first attend and you shall learn the cause	Z
Why forms like these have been prescribed by laws '	-
Then from his chair a man in black arose	Z
And with much quickness hurried off his prose	Z
That 'Ellen Paul the wife and so forth freed	V2
From all control her own the act and deed	V2
And forasmuch' said she 'I've no distrust	K2
For he that asks it is discreet and just	K2
Our friends are waiting where am I to sign	W2
There Now be ready when we meet to dine '	-
This said she hurried off in great delight	X2
The ship was launch'd and joyful was the night	X2
Now says the reader and in much disdain	E
This serious Merchant was a rogue in grain	E
A treacherous wretch an artful sober knave	V
And ten times worse for manners cool and grave	V
And she devoid of sense to set her hand	U2
To scoundrel deeds she could not understand	U2
Alas 'tis true and I in vain had tried	R2
To soften crime that cannot be denied	R2
And might have labour'd many a tedious verse	Z
The latent cause of mischief to rehearse	Z
Be it confess'd that long with troubled look	Y2
This Trader view'd a huge accompting book	Y2
His former marriage for a time delay'd	J
The dreaded hour the present lent its aid	J
But he too clearly saw the evil day	Z
And put the terror by deceit away	Z
Thus by connecting with his sorrows crime	C
He gain'd a portion of uneasy time	C
All this too late the injur'd Lady saw	Z
What law had given again she gave to law	Z
His guilt her folly these at once impress'd	M2
Their lasting feelings on her guileless breast	M2
'Shame I can bear ' she cried 'and want	Z2
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sustain	E
But will not see this guilty wretch again '	-
For all was lost and he with many a tear	R
Confess'd the fault she turning scorn'd to hear	A3
To legal claims he yielded all his worth	B3
But small the portion and the wrong'd were wroth	B3
Nor to their debtor would a part allow	C3
And where to live he know not knew not how	C3
The Wife a cottage found and thither went	D3
The suppliant man but she would not relent	D3
Thenceforth she utter'd with indignant tone	E3
'I feel the misery and will feel alone '	-
He would turn servant for her sake would keep	F3
The poorest school the very streets would sweep	F3
To show his love 'It was already shown	E3
And her a	H2

George Crabbe

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